Power Line: With conservatives like these, who needs liberals?

July 26, 2004

With conservatives like these, who needs liberals?

Andrew Sullivan thnks that "Kerry may be the right man - and the conservative choice - for a difficult and perilous time." If, on the issues that matter most to him, Sullivan prefers Senator Kerry's views to President Bush's, then Sullivan's preference for Kerry makes perfect sense. But to claim that the most liberal member of the Senate, with a McGovernite track record that pre-dates McGovern's 1972 candidacy, may be the "conservative choice" is sophistry.

The Islamofascists have bet that the U.S. is too unserious and decadent to sustain an effective war against terrorism. To the extent that Americans reject strong war leadership due to parochial concerns -- for example, because the war leader doesn't want a handful of state courts imposing gay marriage on the rest of the country -- the Islamofascist wager doesn't look like a bad one.

HINDROCKET adds: For a while, Andrew Sullivan was a powerful and effective pro-national security, and mostly conservative, voice. His web site was one of the inspirations that prompted me to start blogging. But once the possibility of gay marriage opened up, Andrew could think of little else. It has been obvious for the past year that he has been preparing to endorse the Democratic nominee, whoever he may be. Andrew may or may not be fooling himself when he paints a pro-security veneer on his support for John Kerry, but he isn't fooling anyone else.

UPDATE: Here's Melanie Phillips' take on Sullivan's "conservatism."

Posted by Paul at 11:51 AM |

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/mt/mt-diespammers.cgi/7277

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference With conservatives like these, who needs liberals?:

» SULLIVAN'S GOLD-PLATED BANDWIDTH? from Michelle Malkin
Apropos of Andrew Sullivan's latest pledge drive to pay for increased bandwidth expenses, Wunderkinder wonders why Sullivan's bandwith is so darn expensive. In an earlier post, Wunderkinder wrote: Even if you estimate Andrew Sullivan's homepage at 40KB... [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 12:27 PM

» Coming Out-for Kerry from :: Political Musings ::
No surprise, Andrew Sullivan has come out for Kerry. This was obviously going to happen months ago. Sullivan has written thousands of words attempting to rationalize his shift away from Bush and toward Kerry. I'm not buying any of it. I posted h... [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 12:32 PM

» Andrew Sullivan Goes Wobbly from Ed Driscoll.com
Check out these various posts and articles by Andrew Sullivan on John Kerry. And this is who Sullivan is endorsing for president? Not only that, but Sullivan writes that "Kerry may be the right man — and the conservative choice... [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 12:56 PM

» Tying himself in knots... from Random Jottings
Hindrocket at PowerLine writes: For a while, Andrew Sullivan was a powerful and effective pro-national security, and mostly conservative, voice. His web site was one of the inspirations that prompted me to start blogging. But once the possibility of ga... [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 01:00 PM

Tracked on July 26, 2004 01:17 PM

Tracked on July 26, 2004 01:25 PM

» Andrew Sullivan: Kerry Coach from The Frozen Toaster
I stopped reading Sullivan around a year or a little less ago, when it became pretty clear to me that he was a flaming Lefty masquerading as a conservative. I'll read a flaming Lefty AND I'll read a conservative, but dishonesty in how someone repres... [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 05:22 PM

Tracked on July 26, 2004 05:23 PM

Tracked on July 26, 2004 06:02 PM

Tracked on July 26, 2004 06:20 PM

» The Madness of Mr. Sullivan from The Resplendent Mango
A roundup of blogosphere commentary of Andrew Sullivan's delusions of conservatism [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 07:04 PM

» The Madness of Mr. Sullivan from The Resplendent Mango
A roundup of blogosphere commentary of Andrew Sullivan's delusions of conservatism [Read More]

Tracked on July 26, 2004 07:22 PM

Tracked on July 27, 2004 05:09 PM

Tracked on July 27, 2004 05:10 PM

Tracked on July 30, 2004 08:17 AM